A typical question:
I’m looking to start a website for personal use. It will likely contain a forum, articles, and a few other things. It would be nice to get some Google ads on it as well. What is a good hosting service based on these needs?
Answer: It is not your fault you are confused. Finding a web host should not be so complicated. Web hosting is the heart of your web presence and can mean the success and failure for your business.
Before we answer your question, let us review the 7 qualities to look for in a good web hosting. An excellent hosting:
- does not suspend accounts easily like other cheap hosting,
- gives more-than-enough diskspace,
- offers unlimited bandwidth,
- gives unlimited add-on domains,
- has friendly Site Builder with thousands of unique templates,
- has QuickInstall to quickly install apps like WordPress, Joomla, Drupal, OSCommerce, ZenCart and more
- can be easily upgraded to VPS or one of the best dedicated server plans if and when your business require.
To answer your question, many experienced web developers suggest to try Hostgator. If you are building your first website and needs a hosting plan, experts usually highly recommend going with Hostgator because they are the best hosting and domain registrar around.
With more than 4 million websites hosted, a “Hostgator sucks” comment cannot be avoided. See the drawbacks of Hostgator in the section below. Objectively, HG has an amazingly long, 45 days money back guarantee so you have ample time to test them out. They are rated A+ by Better Business Bureau which shows their commitment to customer satisfaction. You also do not have to pay for the first month. You can just try their fully functional hosting service – you pay only $0.01 (you need to use the special coupon code). Do you know any other hosting company that can give you that kind of assurance? Anybody can grab an account from Hostgator for almost FREE.
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Hostgator Complaints
No web hosting service is perfect. Some complaints about Hostgator plans include:
- No free domain name included – but you can easily get a domain name from the best domain registrar such as Godaddy or Namecheap for $10 or less. Would you agree that a website is not complete without a domain name?
- You need to pay full price after your first invoice – well, they need to make money too and all the support and great service do come with a cost. It is like they say, you get what you pay for.
If you are still not sure if HG is right for you, or you have specific query about anything at all, try the Live Chat at HG. They are fast and knowledgeable. Just ask and you shall receive.
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Athena Thinks says
I like Blacksun.ca – they’ve served me well for about 10 years now. Good support and excellent server speeds.
Be careful to make sure you get some reviews online before committing to anyone though. I had a situation before I met Blacksun where I was taken by a company who kept going bankrupt and re-emerging as a new company/new name. Same employees began to make me suspicious. I don’t know if they still exist but always do your homework first by searching out reviews.
Miyhaelo Marcelo says
Almost every hosting out there will allow you to do this. All you need to do is ad the code yourself. I would recommend hostnine, hostgator, and hostmonster if you are planning on starting a smart site. However, if you plan on developing a huge list of sites or driving a lot of traffic I would recommend using Amazon EC2 and S3. The great thing about them is when you expect a surge in traffic you can apply more resources. Also you pay for the bandwidth you use instead of a monthly set amount. However, the downside is it takes a little more time to setup if you aren’t familiar with cloud computing.
However, if you are on a budget go with the other three. They usually go for about $5 a month.
Jim says
http://penguinwebhosting.com is expensive, but they have good support. I have done a lot of shopping. they also give you 50GB. unlimited places will punish you if you use 25GB. my site is 45GB but then I am unusual, I host software packages on ISOs. even with this I rarely use 15% of my BW.
blogs get high hits if the articles are good usually.
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Web Hosting Tips says
I think you won’t need much bandwidth. So I think hostmonster will be good for you.
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You need a web host supporting phpbb (forum software) which is reliable and uptime.
As an experienced webmaster I recommend BH web hosting which I’m sure it would work for you and fulfill all your requirements. They have a really great offer for hosting & I have used them for over 3 yrs now, and have never had a single problem with them.
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Nate D says
The best web host is http://www.domaincityhosting.com
All the tools you need to build your website in one place with incredible prices. They have several forum scripts to choose from and they’ll install the one you choose for you in your hosting account for free! Check them out at http://plans.domaincityhosting.com
Jacob D says
Check out Realmind Hosting (http://www.realmind.us/) They have individual web hosting plans.
catcher-in- the- rye says
the best place would be http://www.tucktail.com/
hostinsider says
You could look at http://www.superb.net or imsmb.com , on top of what you are looking for they have like 400$ worth of internet marketing credits you can use for traffic .
jburdon14 says
I personally like hostmonster, bluehost, and ipage. You can read their reviews at alreadyhosting.com